2019 Munster Senior Football Championship
Darren Mulhearne notably made his championship debut for Waterford against Clare in the quarter-final at the age of 46, believed to be the oldest player to debut. Two of his opponents in that game, and fellow debutants, had a combined age that was less than that of Mulhearne. He kept a clean sheet, in a one-point loss. Mulhearne was called into the team after Aaron Beresford sustained an injury. Mulhearne had first been part of the Waterford senior team as a 17-year-old schoolboy, but never played.


2019 Munster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2019 installment of the annual Munster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Munster GAA.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork were the defending champions, but finished third in the group. Limerick defeated Tipperary in the final.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
The Munster championship was contested by five of the six counties from the Irish province of Munster. The exception was Kerry, traditionally the province's weakest at hurling (but strongest in football).


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Group table
Waterford did not need to play a relegation-playoff to avoid relegation to the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2020, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match that was played on 30 June at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. It was contested by Tipperary and Limerick. Limerick won the game on a 2-26 to 2-14 scoreline to win their 20th Munster title.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
Tickets for the final went on sale on 19 June and ranged in price from €35 to €40 in the stand and €25 to €30 in the terrace. Terrace tickets sold out on the first day.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
The final was the first final between the sides at the Gaelic Grounds since 1996, which ended in a draw before Limerick won the replay in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
Before the senior final, the Munster minor hurling final between Limerick and Clare took place at 11.30am with Limerick winning the game by 1-17 to 1-11.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by Anthony Daly, Donal Óg Cusack and Henry Shefflin. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Summary
Playing with the wind in the first half, Seamus Callanan scored a goal for Tipperary in the 18th minute when he ran in on goal after a pass from Noel McGrath to shoot low to the left corner of the net, this put Tipperary into a 1-6 to 0-4 lead. Peter Casey got a goal for Limerick in the 26th minute, flicking to the net after a pass from the left by Aaron Gillane. Limerick had a 1-11 to 1-9 lead at half-time.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Summary
Tipperary's second goal came from John McGrath in the 44th minute when he got free to shoot to the right of the net. Kyle Hayes got a second goal for Limerick in the 55th minute running in on goal to flick to the net to put them six points in front.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling League
The 2019 Munster Senior Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League, is the fourth Munster Senior Hurling League, an annual hurling league competition for county teams from the province of Munster.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling League
For the first time, all six county teams competed, with Tipperary making their debut. They reached the final where they lost to Clare.


2019 Munster Senior Hurling League, Competition format
The six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the final.


2019 Muntinlupa local elections
Local elections were held in Muntinlupa on May 13, 2019 within the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the 16 councilors, eight each in the two local legislative districts of Muntinlupa.


2019 Murcia Open
The 2019 Murcia Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Murcia, Spain between 8 and 14 April 2019.


2019 Murcia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Murcia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2019 Murcia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Murcia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Murcia Open – Doubles
Marcus Daniell and David Marrero won the title after defeating Rameez Junaid and Andrei Vasilevski 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Murcia Open – Singles
Roberto Carballés Baena won the title after defeating Mikael Ymer 2–6, 6–0, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Murcian regional election
The 2019 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Regional Assembly of Murcia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Murcia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Murcian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2019 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Murcians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


2019 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Regional Assembly of Murcia expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Regional Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Regional Assembly on Sunday, 26 May 2019.


2019 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly of Murcia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.


2019 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2019 Murcian regional election, Background
In the aftermath of the 2015 election, the People's Party (PP) and Citizens (Cs) signed a confidence and supply agreement which allowed Pedro Antonio Sánchez to be elected as new Murcian president. As part of the PP–Cs agreement, one of the newly elected Assembly's first initiatives was to increase the proportionality of the regional electoral system by scrapping the sub-provincial constituencies and lowering the required threshold from 5% to 3%.


2019 Murcian regional election, Background
A political crisis unveiled in the community after Pedro Antonio Sánchez was accused of several corruption offences on 20 February 2017. The scandal involved an ongoing judicial investigation on alleged irregularities in the process of awarding, construction and reception of an auditorium in Puerto Lumbreras, town from which Sánchez had been mayor between 2003 and 2013. While Sánchez had repeatedly assured he would resign right away if he was ever judicially charged for any crimes, he refused to do so after learning of his indictment despite Cs calls.


2019 Murcian regional election, Background
Subsequently, Cs withdrew its parliamentary support, leaving the PP in minority, while threatening to support a censure motion on Sánchez promoted by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Podemos. The PP accused Cs of breaking their agreement and of "playing with fire", with parties hinting at the possibility that a snap election could be eventually called by Sánchez in order to prevent his removal.


2019 Murcian regional election, Background
On 8 March, Cs gave Pedro Antonio Sánchez an ultimatum, demanding him to either tender his resignation or call a snap election before 27 March. Otherwise, Cs would support the PSOE censure motion to bring him down. On 3 April, the President of Murcia was accused by judge Eloy Velasco—from the National Audience—of participating in the case known as Trama Púnica (in Spanish), which led to his resignation as regional president on the following day and the withdrawal of the scheduled censure motion presented by the PSOE. During his farewell speech, Pedro Antonio Sánchez proposed Fernando López Miras as his successor.


2019 Murcian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The Regional Assembly of Murcia was officially dissolved on 2 April 2019, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Regional Assembly at the time of dissolution.


2019 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the Region of Murcia, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2019 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2019 Murcian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Murcia.


2019 Murray State Racers football team
The 2019 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mitch Stewart and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Stewart was reassigned to a new position within the athletic department following the season, he finished with a record of 19–37.


2019 Murray State Racers football team, Previous season
The Racers finished the 2018 season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.


2019 Murray State Racers football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Racers were picked to finish in seventh place.


2019 Murray State Racers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team
The Racers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow
The 2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Glasgow, United Kingdom, between 16 and 22 September 2019.


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Doubles
Gerard Granollers and Guillermo Olaso were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Doubles
Ruben Bemelmans and Daniel Masur won the title after defeating Jamie Murray and John-Patrick Smith 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] in the final.


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Singles
Lukáš Lacko was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Singles
Emil Ruusuvuori won the title after defeating Alexandre Müller 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections
The 2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections took place on November 2, 2019, to elect the Principal Chief, Second Chief, and half of the 16 National Council seats. The primary election was held on September 21 and in races where no one candidate won a majority of the votes, the top candidates moved on to the November general election. Muscogee (Creek) National general elections are held on the Saturday immediately following the first Friday of November every four years. Enrolled citizens, 18 years of age and above are eligible to register to vote in the elections. Incumbent Principal Chief James R. Floyd announced in June 2019 that he would not seek re-election and Second Chief Louis Hicks was unable to seek re-election due to term limits.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections
Because of irregularities, the primary election results were nullified and November 2 became the new primary election date with general election runoffs, when necessary, being held on December 14, 2019. National Council Second Speaker David Hill was the top vote-getter in the November primary and was elected principal chief in the December general election runoff; National Council Representative Del Beaver was elected second chief outright in the November primary. Hill and Beaver had both received the most votes in the nullified September primary.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections, Candidate Eligibility
Employees of Muscogee (Creek) nation that file for candidacy must file for a leave of absence from their employment from the day they file for candidacy until the day after the elections.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections, Primary Elections
On September 21, the primary elections took place with nearly 5,000 voters. On September 28, the election board announced the official results. On October 2, the MCN Supreme Court nullified the results of the MCN Primary Election following receipt of petitions alleging fraud, irregularities, and recount of absentee ballots. The MCN election board announced November 2 as the new primary election date. The November 2 election resulted in no changes in the winner of each race.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections, Primary Elections
In the Tulsa District Seat A race, Cynthia Tiger and Jerry Wilson withdrew after the Sept. 21 primary, leaving the incumbent, Robert Hufft as the winner of that race. In the Okfuskee and McIntosh races, the winning candidate received a super majority and avoided the need to participate in the general elections. Del Beaver defeated Adam Jones III 3,480 votes to 1,535 which meant that the second chief election would not be held during the general election.


2019 Muscogee (Creek) general elections, General Election
On December 14, the general election was held and three days later on December 17, 2019 the unofficial final election results were released showing David Hill as the front runner for the Principal Chief race. The results became official on December 20 and on January 1, 2020 winning candidates were sworn in to their position at the MCN Council House in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. On January 4, 2020 an inauguration ceremony was held at the River Spirit Casino Resort to commemorate the election of new Executive Branch leaders.


2019 Music Awards Ceremony
The 2019 Music Awards Ceremony (often simply called the MAC) is the first edition of the annual award presented by Belgrade based company, Sky Music to recognize achievements in the regional music industry of former Yugoslavia of the eligibility year, which ran from January 1, 2017 to August 30, 2018. The event, sponsored by Huawei, was held on 29 January 2019 at Štark Arena in Belgrade.


2019 Music Awards Ceremony
All income from tickets sales and SMS votes was donated to UNICEF.


2019 Music City Bowl
The 2019 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2019, with kickoff at 4:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. local CDT) on ESPN. The 22nd edition of the Music City Bowl featured Atlantic Coast Conference member Louisville and Southeastern Conference member Mississippi State, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company, the game was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.


2019 Music City Bowl, Teams
The 2019 Music City Bowl was contested by the Louisville Cardinals and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The teams had met five times previously, with Mississippi State holding a 3–2 edge in the series. Louisville's two wins came via forfeit, as the Bulldogs were forced to forfeit all their wins in 1975 and 1976 for fielding a player who was later ruled ineligible. The teams had last met in the 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl, won by the Bulldogs, 31–27.


2019 Music City Bowl, Teams, Mississippi State Bulldogs
The Bulldogs entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–5 in conference); they finished in fifth place of the SEC's West Division. This was Mississippi State's second Music City Bowl; their 2011 team won that season's Music City Bowl over Wake Forest, 23–17. This was the 10th consecutive bowl appearance for the Bulldogs, dating back to their 2010 season. This was Mississippi State's 23rd overall bowl game in program history.


2019 Music City Bowl, Teams, Mississippi State Bulldogs
Head coach Joe Moorhead had initially named true freshman Garrett Shrader the starting quarterback for the game, but he was injured prior to the game, resulting in Tommy Stevens (a graduate transfer from Penn State) getting the start.


2019 Music City Bowl, Teams, Louisville Cardinals
Louisville entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference), including an upset win against No. 19 Wake Forest by three points on October 12. The Cardinals finished in second place in the ACC's Atlantic Division. This was Louisville's second Music City Bowl; their 2015 team won that season's Music City Bowl over Texas A&M, 27–21. This was the first bowl game for the Cardinals since 2017, and the 23rd overall bowl game for the program.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open
The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 3–12 May 2019. It was the 18th edition of the event on the ATP Tour and 11th on the WTA Tour. It was classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2019 WTA Tour. This event was the final professional tennis tournament for Spanish player David Ferrer, who received a wildcard into the singles draw.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open
Ion Țiriac, the event owner, announced in April 2019 that he has extended his sponsorship contract of the Mutua Madrid Open for 10 additional years, until 2031. Because he agreed to continue in Madrid, Țiriac will receive more than 30 million euros from the city of Madrid in the coming years.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 29 April 2019. Rankings and points before are as of 6 May 2019.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
‡ The player is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (45 points) in its stead.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 29 April 2019. Rankings and points before are as of 6 May 2019.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya were the defending champions, but Peya could not participate due to injury. Mektić played alongside Franko Škugor but lost in the second round to Wesley Koolhof and Stefanos Tsitsipas.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău won the title after defeating Diego Schwartzman and Dominic Thiem in the final 6–2, 6–3.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–3, 6–4, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2019 Madrid Open. With the win, Djokovic tied Rafael Nadal's record of 33 Masters 1000 singles titles.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Alexander Zverev was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tsitsipas.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
This tournament was the last professional appearance of David Ferrer's career. It was also Roger Federer's first clay court tournament since the 2016 Rome Masters.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost to Kiki Bertens in the quarterfinals in a replay of the previous year’s final.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Bertens went on to win the title, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She became the first woman to win the tournament without losing a single set.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Naomi Osaka, Halep and Angelique Kerber were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Osaka retained the ranking following Kerber's withdrawal in the second round, and Halep's subsequent defeat in the final.


2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300
The 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on March 30, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the sixth race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Background, Track
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures 1.44 miles (2.32 km) with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a quad-oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway.


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Practice, First practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.822 seconds and a speed of 187.357 mph (301.522 km/h).


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.752 seconds and a speed of 187.813 mph (302.256 km/h).


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Qualifying
Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.225 seconds and a speed of 191.320 mph (307.900 km/h).


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Race, Summary
Christopher Bell led the field to the green flag, and would remain as the race leader until after Stage 1. Kyle Busch then took the lead from Bell while Tyler Hill and David Starr were involved in a minor accident. Both would continue the race. Busch lost the lead when a caution occurred after Brad Keselowski was tapped by Justin Haley and crashed into the wall. Noah Gragson took the lead afterwards, but Ryan Sieg took it under a caution caused by Ray Black Jr. Sieg would win Stage 2 afterwards.


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Race, Summary
Tyler Reddick and Bell would later trade the lead while Brandon Jones and Cole Custer got into a crash and took each other out of the race. Busch took the lead from Bell with 9 laps to go and held off Reddick to earn his third victory in the series for the year.


2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Race, Final Stage Results
. – Qualified for Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.


2019 Myanmar National League
The 2019 Myanmar National League is the 10th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Myanmar professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2009, also known as MPT Myanmar National League due to the sponsorship deal with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications. A total of 12 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 12 January 2019 and is scheduled to conclude on 24 September 2019.


2019 Myanmar National League
Yangon United are the defending champions, while Chinland and Dagon have entered as the promoted teams from the 2018 MNL-2.


2019 Myanmar National League
The 1st transfer window is from 1 November 2018 to 12 January 2019 while the 2nd transfer window is from 1 June 2019 to 31 July 2019.


2019 Myanmar National League, Changes from last season, Team changes, Relegated Clubs
Royal Thanlyin decided not to play in 2019 MNL because of finance. After that, MNL allowed Chinland to play in 2019 MNL.


2019 Myanmar National League, 2019 Title Sponsor
Myanma Posts and Telecommunications signed 3 years contract with MNL. They help to develop Myanmar Football and Youth program.


2019 Myanmar National League, Clubs, Stadiums
(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadium ready to host home matches currently use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.


2019 Myanmar National League, Clubs, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Myanmar National League, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2019 Myanmar National League, Matches
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2019 season.


2019 Mzansi Super League
The 2019 Mzansi Super League, also known as the MSL 2.0, was the second edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa. It started on 8 November and ended on 16 December 2019. Jozi Stars were the defending champions, having won the inaugural 2018 tournament.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Squads
On 7 August 2019, Cricket South Africa announced that more than 250 cricketers had registered for the tournament's draft. Each of the six franchise teams also named the players they had retained for this years' edition. The following day the marquee players were announced. The full squads were confirmed on 3 September 2019.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Squads
Before the start of the tournament, David Willey was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Isuru Udana as the marquee player for Paarl Rocks.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Squads
1 The Jozi Stars have signed Shoaib Malik to take over from Chris Gayle who will exit the stars post their sixth game.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Squads
Aiden Markram injured himself before the start of the tournament as was replaced by Kyle Verreynne in the Paarl Rocks squad.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Squads
Robert Frylinck withdrew from the competition after being selected to play in the 2019 T10 League in Abu Dhabi. He was replaced by Wesley Marshall.


2019 Mzansi Super League, League stage
The MSL released the full fixture list on 27 September 2019. The team that tops the table gets direct passage to the final and will also have home ground advantage.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Broadcasting
The SABC again got the domestic broadcast rights for the 2019 season. All matches will be covered live on the SABC3 television channel and on Radio 2000.


2019 Mzansi Super League, Broadcasting
Global Sports Commerce of Singapore bought the broadcast and digital rights outside of South Africa until 2022.


2019 Ménaka helicopter crash
On 25 November 2019, two French military helicopters, part of Operation Barkhane, crashed in northern Mali, killing 13 soldiers. It was the deadliest incident involving the French military since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.


2019 Ménaka helicopter crash, Crash
A French Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter collided with a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar military transport helicopter at low-altitude at night while on a sortie near the town of Ménaka in Northern Mali. The helicopters were in the midst of pursuing militants on vehicles and motor-bikes, after ground forces had called in for air support. For unknown reasons, the two helicopters collided and crashed killing all onboard.


2019 Ménaka helicopter crash, Crash, Casualties
Six officers and a master corporal were among the 13 fatalities. One of those killed, Pierre-Emmanuel Bockel, was the son of French Senator Jean-Marie Bockel. Bockel was the pilot of the 'Cougar' helicopter.


2019 NAB League Boys season
The 2019 NAB League Boys season was the 28th season of the NAB League Boys competition; the NAB League (formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. The season started on the 23rd of March and concluded with the 2019 NAB League Grand Final on September 21st. Oakleigh Chargers defeated Eastern Ranges by 53 points in the grand final, earning that team's fifth premiership.


2019 NAB League Boys season, Academy Series
This was the first season the NAB AFL Academy Series was incorporated into the NAB League. The series was fixtured for the three northern state academy teams, NT Thunder and Tasmania, with the team that finishes on top of the academy-specific ladder crowned the winners. The winners of the series were the Gold Coast Suns.


2019 NAB League Girls season
The 2019 NAB League Girls season was the third season of the NAB League Girls competition for under-18 female Australian rules footballers in Victoria. The season commenced on 3 March and concluded on 25 May. The premiership was won by the Northern Knights, who defeated the Calder Cannons in the Grand Final. A total of 13 teams competed this season, one more than the previous season owing to the inclusion of a team from Tasmania, however they played only two matches and so we were automatically last-place finishers.


2019 NACAC Cross Country Championships
The 2019 NACAC Cross Country Championships took place on February 16, 2019. The races were held at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.


2019 NACAC Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 8 countries participated.


2019 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics
The 10th NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics were held in Queretaro, Mexico from July 5–7, 2019.


2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics which took place on July 5, 6, and 7 at the Parque Queretaro 2000 in Querétaro City, Mexico.


2019 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 22-26 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 82nd annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The opening game round started on March 20, and the National Championship Game was played on March 26.


2019 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 2019 NAIA results
Georgetown won its 3rd national championship in school history. They are the school with the most overall appearances in the tournament and 28th consecutive tournament. They are now 3-4 in the National Championship Game. They previously won in 1998 and 2013.


2019 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March 2019 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game was won by Spring Arbor (Mich.) Cougars over the Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls by a score of 82 to 76.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship
The 2019 NAIA Football National Championship was a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between November 23 and December 21, 2019. The tournament concluded with a single game, played as the 64th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship
The championship game was played at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana, between the undefeated No. 2 Marian Knights, representing Marian University from Indianapolis, Indiana, and the undefeated No. 1 Morningside Mustangs, representing Morningside College from Sioux City, Iowa. This was the first time the championship game was played at this venue after the prior five games had been played at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida. The game was played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN3.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship, Teams, Marian
The Marian Knights, led by 7th-year head coach Mark Henninger, entered the national championship game as the #2 seed. They were seeking to win their third national championship, having won in 2012 and 2015. They entered the game 12–0, 8–0 in MSFA play.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship, Teams, Morningside
The Morningside Mustangs, led by 19th-year head coach Steve Ryan, entered the national championship game as the #1 seed and the defending champions, having won their first national championship the year prior. They entered the game 13–0, 9–0 in GPAC play.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship, Postseason playoffs
A total of sixteen teams were selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country, with invitations that were revealed on Sunday, November 17, 2019. The field included twelve conference champions who received automatic bids. The field was then filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that were not conference champions. First-round seedings were based on the final regular-season edition of the 2019 NAIA Coaches' Poll, with certain minor modifications given based on travel and geographic considerations. Each subsequent round also saw minor modifications based on travel and the geography of the remaining teams.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship, Postseason playoffs
Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 23, after the first round results were known.


2019 NAIA Football National Championship, Postseason playoffs
Semifinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on November 30, soon after completion of the day's quarterfinal games.


2019 NAIA football rankings
The 2019 NAIA football rankings reports the poll results conducted during the 2019 NAIA football season. Each season, one poll evaluates the various National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football teams and ranks them. Coaches from each of the football conferences are members of a selection panel, with conferences receiving one vote for every 4 member teams. Sometimes referred to as the football ratings or the NAIA Coaches' Poll, the poll is generally conducted once during the preseason and after each week of play during the regular season.


2019 NAIA football rankings
The Top 25 was determined by compiling points for each vote. A team received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list. The highest and lowest ranking for each team (counting zero for ballots with no votes for a team) were disregarded. To obtain the final tally, each team's ranking was recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that includes the team.


2019 NAIA football rankings
As an example, if there were 17 voting panelists, and one team is a unanimous choice for the highest ranking, then that team would receive 25 points * 15 ballots (disregard 2 ballots) + 17 points (one for each ballot cast) = 392 points.


2019 NAIA football rankings
Teams that received only one point in the ballot were not considered “receiving votes.”


2019 NAIA football rankings
Once the regular season was completed, the NAIA conducted a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was taken after completion of the series of playoff games, collectively referred to as the 2019 NAIA Football National Championship.


2019 NAIA football rankings, Poll release dates
The NAIA released a preseason edition of the rankings on August 5, 2019. A complete schedule of poll release dates will be:


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
A 16-team tournament was contested to determine the winner of the 2019 NAIA Football National Championship. Teams were selected to the field of participants through a two-tiered selection process.


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
First, any conference champion ranked in the top 20 positions in the final regular-season Coaches' Poll received an automatic bid into the tourney field.


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
After the automatic bids were granted, any open positions in the field were filled with at-large invitations. These at-large entries were granted to the highest ranked teams who were not conference champions.


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
In 2019, there were 12 NAIA conferences (or divisions within large conferences) who had champions that were part of the selection process for the automatic invitations. The 12 eligible conferences for the 2019 season were:


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
Since all 12 conference champions finished in the top 20 positions in the final poll, they each received an automatic place in the tournament. Therefore, a total of four at-large invitations were granted to play in the 2019 tournament. Based on the Week 10 (final regular season) Coaches' Poll, the following teams (12 champions and 4 at-large teams) made up the 2019 playoff field:


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
After the tournament participants were determined, the top 8 seeds were granted first round home games. Opponents were generally determined based on the oft-used tournament protocol that pairs highest seeds with lowest seeds: #1 vs. the lowest seeded entry (usually #16), #2 vs. the second-lowest seeded entry (usually #15), #3 vs. the third-lowest seeded entry (usually #14), etc. This alignment was then tweaked, for geographic and travel considerations, by the tournament selection officials to determine the announced first-round pairings.


2019 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
The first round tournament match-ups, finalized and announced on Sunday, November 17, were:


2019 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the final poll of the 2019 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.


2019 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.


2019 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.


2019 NAIA football season
The 2019 NAIA football season was the component of the 2019 college football season organized by the NAIA in the United States. The regular season began on August 24 and culminated on November 16.


2019 NAIA football season
The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 21 at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana.


2019 NAIA football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
Ottawa (AZ) became eligible for the postseason. Thomas More, which had been an NAIA member from 1947 until leaving for the NCAA in 1990, was immediately eligible for NAIA postseason play as a returning member. Cincinnati Christian ceased to exist during the season.


2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
The 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series was the 25th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. It marks the transition of the series' corporate sponsor from Camping World to its subsidiary Gander Outdoors.


2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
Matt Crafton won his third series championship, his first since his consecutive titles in 2013 and 2014. It was the first time in Truck Series history that the champion went winless during the season. Crafton's ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger won the regular-season championship.


2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule
The schedule for the 2019 season was released on June 13, 2018. The only changes are the Eldora Dirt Derby and the Gander RV 150 switching spots and the Vankor 350 being moved from the second race of the Round of 6 to the fifth race of the season, with the rest of the races afterwards being bumped one spot back as a result.


2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Results and standings, Drivers' standings
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6


2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200
The 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on October 26, 2019, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 21st race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, fifth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 6.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Background, Track
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Practice, First practice
Christian Eckes was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.851 seconds and a speed of 95.391 mph (153.517 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Practice, Final practice
Todd Gilliland was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.788 seconds and a speed of 95.694 mph (154.005 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Qualifying
Christian Eckes scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.844 seconds and a speed of 95.424 mph (153.570 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
Christian Eckes started on pole, but Brett Moffitt took the lead from him and held it until the end of Stage 1. One caution occurred during Stage 1 for Ray Ciccarelli spinning.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
In Stage 2, Tanner Gray spun on lap 78 and brought out a caution. The leaders pitted, giving the lead to Grant Enfinger on lap 82, while Matt Crafton stalled out with engine issues. Sam Mayer took the lead on the restart and held it to the end of  the second stage.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
Stage 3 began with several wrecks; the first occurring when Natalie Decker collided with Jeb Burton and collected Moffitt, Dawson Cram, and Tyler Dippel. Another caution occurred immediately after the restart as Ross Chastain slipped past Mayer before Mayer was involved in a wreck that also involved Austin Hill, Tyler Ankrum, Enfinger, and Todd Gilliland, which brought out a lengthy red flag. The race afterwards had numerous cautions; Ciccarelli spun again, while Stewart Friesen was turned by Johnny Sauter. Eckes briefly took the lead away from Chastain but lost it soon after, while Spencer Boyd collided with Jordan Anderson, also collecting Norm Benning and Ben Rhodes.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
With 20 laps remaining, Jennifer Jo Cobb's truck lost an axle, and Gilliland passed Chastain for the lead on the restart with 10 laps left. The final caution came on lap 194 when Decker and Anderson collided and collected Gus Dean, setting up an overtime.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
Harrison Burton had contact with Chastain on the final lap, beginning a series of incidents. Gilliland survived the incidents and took the victory, with Chastain finishing second. Timmy Hill notably earned his best finish of 5th place in the race.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
Similarly to the previous week's race, none of the playoffs drivers had locked themselves into the final round due to a non-playoffs driver winning the race. Crafton and Ankrum left the race below the cutoff line.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Summary
Fox Sports 1 was heavily criticized for cutting off the live feed of the race's final two laps in order to switch to the college football game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Iowa State Cyclones. As a result, NASCAR fans not in attendance missed Gilliland's win.


2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Race, Final Stage results
. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 33rd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the General Tire 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 4. General Tire took over the position as the official tire supplier of the series from Goodyear.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Sam Mayer was crowned the series champion, becoming the youngest champion in series history, at 16 years, 3 months, 8 days, topping the previous record set by Todd Gilliland after he won the 2016 title. Tyler Ankrum entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but he did not defend his championship because he moved up to the Truck Series full time in 2019.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
This was the last season of the series before it became an ARCA series in 2020 as part of the unification of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and the ARCA Menards Series.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Schedule
On December 4, 2018, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and New Jersey were dropped from the schedule in favor a second race at Bristol. All races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis and shown live on FansChoice.tv.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-sixth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Star Nursery 100 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track on February 28, 2019 and concluded with the Arizona Lottery 100 at ISM Raceway on November 9, 2019. Derek Kraus was crowned the champion, ahead of Jagger Jones (who also won Rookie of the Year), Hailie Deegan, and Trevor Huddleston. Derek Thorn entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but did not defend his championship, deciding instead to focus on super late model racing.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
General Tire replaced Goodyear as the official tire supplier of the series in 2019. 2019 also marked the last year of sponsorship from K&N Filters, which began sponsoring the series in 2011. Beginning in 2020, the series was known as the ARCA Menards Series West.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Schedule
On January 9, 2019, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Orange Show and the first date at Kern County were dropped from the schedule in favor of Irwindale and Phoenix. All races in the season are televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis and shown live on FansChoice.tv.


2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led. * * – All laps led.


2019 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
The 2019 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the twelfth season of the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and the fifteenth season organized by NASCAR Mexico. It bean with the Gran Premio ARRIS at Autódromo Monterrey on 31 March and concluded at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 1 December. Rubén García Jr. defended his Drivers' champion.


2019 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, Schedule
On 8 January 2019, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. The race in El Marqués and the second race in Aguascalientes will be held on the oval instead of the road course. On 16 January, it was announced that Monterrey, Guadalajara and the second race in Aguascalientes were moved one week. Several other date changes were made as well. Monterrey and the first Puebla event were joint races for the PEAK Mexico Series and the NASCAR FedEx Challenge Series, a PEAK Mexico support series in which competitors use similar cars, forming grids of over forty cars. Also has the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series, the mexican version of NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series as support of the PEAK Mexico Series.


2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series
The 2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series is the thirteenth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on 19 May and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Jukasa Motor Speedway on 28 September.


2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Andrew Ranger won the championship, eleven points ahead of Kevin Lacroix.


2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300
The 2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 16, 2019, Contested over 120 laps, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. It was the first race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Practice, First practice
Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 45.812 seconds and a speed of 196.455 mph (316.164 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Practice, Final practice
Justin Haley was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 47.473 seconds and a speed of 189.581 mph (305.101 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Qualifying
Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.604 seconds and a speed of 189.060 mph (304.263 km/h).


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the eleventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the seventh under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Alon Day and Ulysse Delsaux entered the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 category respectively, however Delsaux will not defend his title as he will move up to Elite 1 for the 2019 season.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
In the Elite 1 class, Loris Hezemans wins his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 49 points over PK Carsport driver Stienes Longin. In the Elite 2 class, despite not starting every race of the season, Lasse Sørensen won the title after he scored 7 race wins and finishing in the podium in all but one of his 11 starts.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Sørensen and Giorgio Maggi arrived to the final race of the season at Circuit Zolder with only one point separating them in the championship, and Sørensen would finish ahead of Maggi in the race to win the title by 9 points. Hendriks Motorsport, represented by the No. 50 team of Hezemans and Maggi, won the Team's Championship title by 112 points from PK Carsport's No. 24 team.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Teams and drivers
NASCAR released the 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2019.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings
Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final two races in Hockenheim and Zolder, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points. Should a driver competes in all 9 races between Valencia and Venray, then only the best 8 results of those 9 races were counted towards the Championship.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings, Elite 1
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings, Elite 2
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-fifth season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 16 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 13. Justin Bonsignore entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. 2019 marked the third season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Doug Coby won the championship, his sixth, eight points ahead of Bonsignore.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Schedule
On November 21, 2018, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and Bristol were dropped from the schedule in favor of South Boston and Wall Stadium. The All-Star Shootout, held at New Hampshire, did not count towards the championship. Twelve of the seventeen races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis. All races in the season were shown live on FansChoice.tv.


2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 38th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Tyler Reddick entered as the defending champion, and won his second championship over Cole Custer and Christopher Bell, who were known as "the big three" over the course of the season as they dominated the vast majority of the races. Reddick also clinched the 2019 Regular Series Championship following the 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reddick became the first back-to-back champion to drive for two different teams (JR Motorsports in 2018 and Richard Childress Racing in 2019).


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The season marked the debut of the Toyota Supra, which replaced the Camry.


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Schedule
The schedule, consisting of 33 races, was announced on June 13, 2018. Similar to the Monster Energy Cup Schedule, there are no changes from 2018 to 2019; However, both the regular-season finale at Las Vegas and the playoff race at Texas will be night races. The Charlotte Roval round, which was originally 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, was increased to 250 km (160 mi) for 2019.


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Schedule
Bonus money Dash 4 Cash races indicated in BOLD. Qualifying race for first Dash 4 Cash race in Italics.


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2019 NATC Motorcycle Trials season
The 2019 NATC trials season was the 46th season. It consisted of eight trials events in three main classes: Pro, Expert and Womens Pro. It began on 25 May, with round one in Nebraska and ended with round 8 in Oregon on 23 June.


2019 NATC Motorcycle Trials season, Season summary
Patrick Smage would claim his eleventh NATC championship in 2019, passing Geoff Aaron as the all time championship leader.


2019 NATC Motorcycle Trials season, Season summary
New trials manufacturers Vertigo signed Venezuelen seven-times champion David Avendano to ride the series.


2019 NATC Motorcycle Trials season, Season summary
British world championship contender Donna Fox competed in the opening Women's Pro round.


2019 NATC Motorcycle Trials season, 2019 NATC trials season calendar, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in each class. All eight rounds counted for the Pro class, and the best of seven in Expert and Women's Pro classes were counted.


2019 NB Tankard
The 2019 NB Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of New Brunswick was held January 23 to 27 at Curl Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick. The winning Terry Odishaw team represented New Brunswick at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.


2019 NB Tankard
The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.


2019 NBA All-Star Game
The 2019 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 17, 2019, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2018–19 season. It was the 68th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Charlotte Hornets. Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis, 178–164. This was the second time that the NBA All-Star Game format was not Eastern Conference versus Western Conference. Charlotte was announced as host on May 24, 2017. This was the second time that Charlotte hosted the All-Star Game; the first time was in 1991, at the Hornets' previous home arena Charlotte Coliseum.


2019 NBA All-Star Game
Charlotte was originally selected to host the 2017 All-Star Game, but it was moved to New Orleans that year because of controversy surrounding North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. The 2019 game was televised by TNT for the 17th straight year, and was also simulcast on TBS in some markets.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Coaches
The two teams were coached from their respective conference. Mike Budenholzer, coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, was named as the head coach for Team Giannis. Michael Malone, coach of the Denver Nuggets, was named as the head coach for Team LeBron. It marks the first time since the 2008 NBA All-Star Game where both coaches did not have a playoff berth during the previous season.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The rosters for the All-Star Game are selected through a voting process. The NBA partnered with Google and twitter counting #nbavote hashtags as fan votes. The starters were chosen by the fans, media, and current NBA players. Fans made up 50% of the vote, and NBA players and media each comprised 25% of the vote. The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals were named the All-Star starters. NBA head coaches will vote for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which can be players from their own team.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Each coach selects two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player is to be selected, coaches are encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game starters were announced on January 24, 2019. Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics and Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets were named the backcourt starters in the East, earning their sixth and third all-star appearances, respectively. Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks were named the frontcourt starters in the East, both earning their third all-star appearances. Joining in the East frontcourt was Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, his second selection.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and James Harden of the Houston Rockets were named to the starting backcourt in the West, earning their sixth and seventh all-star appearances, respectively. In the frontcourt, Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors was named to his tenth career all-star game, along with Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, their sixth and 15th all-star selections, respectively.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game reserves were announced on January 31, 2019. The West reserves include Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, his eighth selection, Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, his fifth selection, LaMarcus Aldridge of the San Antonio Spurs, his seventh selection, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, his fourth selection, Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, his sixth selection, Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets, his first selection, and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves, his second selection.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The East reserves include Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, his fifth selection, Khris Middleton of the Milwaukee Bucks, his first selection, Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards, his second selection, Victor Oladipo of the Indiana Pacers, his second selection, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, his first selection, Nikola Vučević of the Orlando Magic, his first selection, and Blake Griffin of the Detroit Pistons, his sixth selection.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
On February 1, 2019, Commissioner Adam Silver named Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki as special team roster additions for the game, citing their contributions to the game. They were selected in the final round of the 2019 All-Star Draft, making each roster consist of 13 players.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Victor Oladipo was unable to play due to a knee injury. D'Angelo Russell was selected as Victor Oladipo's replacement. Special roster addition.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
The draft took place on February 7, 2019, and was televised by TNT. This was the first time that the All-Star Game Draft was televised, after the league was criticized for not televising the draft the previous year. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were named as captains for receiving the most votes from the West and East, respectively. The first eight players drafted are starters. The next 14 players (seven from each conference) were chosen by NBA head coaches. The final two selections were selected from the special team roster additions to the game.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will select the replacement for any player unable to participate in the All-Star Game, choosing a player from the same conference as the player who is being replaced. Silver's selection would join the team that drafted the replaced player. If a replaced player is a starter, the head coach of that team will choose a new starter from his cast of players instead.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
James picked Kevin Durant with his first pick, and Antetokounmpo picked Stephen Curry second. After the draft, James traded 16th pick Russell Westbrook to Antetokounmpo for 13th pick Ben Simmons. Team Giannis was the home team due to the Eastern Conference having home team status for the game.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
*Ben Simmons was traded to Team LeBron and Russell Westbrook went to Team Giannis.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, NBA on TNT American Express Road Show
The 2019 All-Star Weekend began on Thursday, February 14, 2019, with the annual NBA on TNT American Express Road Show, a live broadcast of Inside the NBA that took place at The Fillmore Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was hosted by Ernie Johnson Jr., Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal, with special performances by Chris Tucker (Thursday) and Rae Sremmurd (Friday).


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Celebrity Game
The 2019 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles was played on Friday, February 15, 2019, at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Home team featured personnel who either was born, raised, and/or played in North Carolina or South Carolina. Both teams will have one "Hometown Hero" on their roster honoring exemplary citizens who rose to the occasion to help save others in the time of need. Playing for the Home Team is Jason Weinmann, a 47-year-old U.S. Marine who used his own military transport vehicle to rescue New Bern, NC residents stranded during Hurricane Florence in 2018.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Celebrity Game
Playing for the Away Team is James Shaw Jr., an 29-year-old electrical technician who disarmed a gunman armed with an AR-15 style rifle during the Nashville Waffle House shooting in Antioch, Tennessee. The 2019 Celebrity All-Star Game MVP was won by Famous Los, who scored 22 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists.


2019 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Rising Stars Challenge
Lonzo Ball was unable to participate due to a left ankle injury. Kevin Knox was selected as Lonzo Ball's replacement.


2019 NBA Awards
The 2019 NBA Awards were the 3rd annual awards show by the National Basketball Association (NBA), held on June 24, 2019 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and hosted by Shaquille O’Neal.


2019 NBA Awards, Winners and finalists
The full list of finalists were announced on May 17, 2019.


2019 NBA Awards, Honors
The NBA All-Rookie Teams were announced on May 21, 2019. It was followed by the announcements for the NBA All-Defensive Teams on May 22, 2019 and the All-NBA Teams on May 23, 2019.


2019 NBA Finals
The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2018–19 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In the best-of-seven playoff series held from May 30 through June 13, 2019, the Eastern Conference champion Toronto Raptors defeated the defending NBA champion and  Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors, 4–2, earning the franchise its first NBA championship as well as the first win by an NBA team based outside the United States. Acquired by the Raptors via a trade during the off-season, Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second time in his career.


2019 NBA Finals
This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, and the league's first finals with games played outside of the United States. Home-court advantage was awarded to Toronto, who finished the regular season with one more win (58–24) than Golden State (57–25). This was the first time in five consecutive NBA Finals appearances that the then-two-time defending NBA-champion Warriors did not have home-court advantage. This meant that Games 3, 4, and 6 were held in Golden State (the last postseason home games for the Warriors in the Oracle Arena) and Games 1, 2, and 5 were in Toronto.


2019 NBA Finals
Had it been necessary, Game 7 would have been held in Toronto. Also for the first time after the past four postseasons, the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers did not meet in the championship round. This was the first Finals since 2010 not to include LeBron James, who played in the past eight Finals with the Cavaliers and the Miami Heat.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
During the off-season, Golden State acquired DeMarcus Cousins, who was recovering from a ruptured left Achilles. He gave the Warriors a true, top-flight center for the first time under head coach Steve Kerr. During an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in November 2018, Draymond Green cursed out teammate Kevin Durant over his upcoming free agency status after the season, and he was suspended for the much-publicized blowup. In January 2019, Cousins returned, and the Warriors became the first team in 42 years with a starting lineup of five NBA All-Stars from the previous season. The team finished the regular season with a 57–25 record, winning the Pacific Division and securing the 1st seed in the Western Conference.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
In the playoffs, Golden State defeated the Clippers in six games in the first round, despite blowing leads at home in Games 2 and 5. Cousins tore his left quadriceps in Game 2, and was initially thought to be out for the remainder of the postseason. With an increased urgency and in a sign of respect towards their opponent, Kerr opened the following round against the Houston Rockets by moving Andre Iguodala from the bench and starting the Hamptons Five for the first time in the season.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
With the Splash Brothers—Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson—struggling with their shooting, Durant had been the team's best player in the playoffs, averaging a team-leading 35.4 points entering Game 5. However, Durant left the game late in the third quarter after suffering a strained right calf; he was later ruled out indefinitely. Led by Curry and Thompson, Golden State pulled out Game 5 without Durant, and won the series in six games. In the Western Conference Finals, Golden State swept the Portland Trail Blazers 4–0, with three of the wins including comebacks of 15 points or more.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
After starting nine consecutive games, Iguodala missed the deciding Game 4 with a sore left calf injury from Game 3. Curry averaged a series career-high 36.5 points, the highest average by a player in a four-game sweep in NBA history.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Golden State Warriors
This was Golden State's fifth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and they were aiming to be the first since the Shaq and Kobe-led Los Angeles Lakers to win 3-peat titles, and now they were the second team to not earn a 3-peat, joining the Miami Heat who lost their quest in 2014 to the San Antonio Spurs who ended their seven-year title drought. They were the second team in NBA history to achieve this feat, joining the Boston Celtics, who played in ten straight Finals (1957–1966).


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Toronto Raptors
During the off-season, the Raptors fired coach Dwane Casey, who was named the 2018 NBA Coach of the Year weeks later, and replaced him with assistant coach Nick Nurse. They also traded DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Pöltl to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green. The move stunned the All-Star DeRozan, who had become a fan favorite in his nine seasons in Toronto.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Toronto Raptors
It was a risky move for the Raptors and their president, Masai Ujiri, as Leonard was one year away from becoming a free agent, and he wanted to leave the Spurs after playing in just nine games in 2017–18 due to tendinopathy in his left quadriceps. However, the 2014 NBA Finals MVP made it through the season healthy while being systematically rested for 22 games. During the season, Toronto also traded a package that included Jonas Valančiūnas to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for one of the league's elite post-defenders, Marc Gasol.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Toronto Raptors
The Raptors lost Game 1 of the first round to the Orlando Magic, but then they won the next four games in a row and won the series in five games. After trailing 2–1 against the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, they defeated them in seven games, with Leonard hitting the game-winner at the buzzer as the ball bounced four times on the rim before falling in, the first buzzer beater in a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs. Toronto advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Milwaukee Bucks.


2019 NBA Finals, Background, Toronto Raptors
Despite trailing 2–0, the Raptors won the next four games to advance to the Finals in six games, as Leonard outplayed the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, who won league MVP that season. This was their first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history, breaking a 25-year drought for teams from Toronto appearing in the championship round of any of the four major North American professional sports leagues since Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1
Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting to lead Toronto to a 118–109 win over Golden State in the first-ever NBA Finals game played outside the United States. The Raptors had a 10-point lead at the half. Siakam, the NBA Most Improved Player that season, shot 6-for-6 in the third quarter to keep the Warriors at bay. Toronto maintained a double-digit lead for most of the fourth quarter, countering every rally by Golden State.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1
Leonard had 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists in his first NBA Finals game since he was named the Finals MVP in 2014. Gasol added 20 for the Raptors. Curry scored 34 and Thompson had 21 for Golden State, which had won Game 1 of the Finals in each of the last four years. Draymond Green had a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Cousins returned from a quadriceps injury to come off the bench in his first NBA Finals game. After missing Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals with a left calf injury, Iguodala left near the end of this game after limping and favoring his right leg. Durant, the MVP of the last two NBA Finals, traveled with the team to Toronto, but remained sidelined.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2
Thompson scored a team-high 25 points, and the Warriors outscored the Raptors 18–0 to start the second half before holding off a late Toronto rally to win 109–104. Thompson had 18 points in the first half to keep Golden State in the game. They trailed by 11 with almost two minutes left until halftime before cutting it to 59–54 at the half. The Warriors' 18 unanswered points to begin the second half were the most in NBA Finals history to start a half. Thompson left the game in the fourth quarter with a left hamstring injury after landing awkwardly on a three-point field goal attempt. Toronto scored 10 straight points to pull within two points at 106–104, but Iguodala cemented the win with a three-pointer with 5.9 seconds remaining in the game.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2
Curry finished the game with 23 points after missing his first six shots of the game. Cousins, who was moved into the starting lineup, had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Draymond Green had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to fall one assist short of his fourth straight triple-double. Warriors backup center Kevon Looney missed the second half with a chest contusion. Leonard led the Raptors with 34 points and 14 rebounds, and Fred VanVleet added 17 points. Game 1 star Siakam scored just 12 points on 5-for-18 shooting. Toronto was held to 37.2 percent shooting for the game.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3
Leonard scored 30 points and the Raptors shot 52.4 percent and made 17 three-pointers to win 123–109 on the road over the short-handed Warriors. Curry scored a playoff career-high 47 points, shooting 14 for 31 including 6 of 14 on 3-pointers, while his teammates totaled 62 points on 36.7 percent shooting. Golden State played without injured starters Thompson and Durant, and backup big man Looney. Toronto's Kyle Lowry had 23 points and five 3-pointers, and Danny Green added 18 points on 6 made 3s, as all five of their starters scored in double figures. VanVleet contributed 11 points off the bench.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3
Thompson practiced earlier in the day but did not warm up for the game. Kerr had said that the Warriors were not going to play him if there was risk of further damage. Looney was out with a cartilage fracture near his right collarbone.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4
Toronto took a 3–1 lead in the series after Leonard scored 36 points and had 12 rebounds in a 105–92 road win over Golden State. The Raptors fell behind by 11 early in the contest, and trailed 46–42 at halftime. They outscored the Warriors 37–21 in the third quarter, when Leonard scored 17 of his points, and led by as many as 16 in the final quarter. Serge Ibaka scored 20 points for Toronto, shooting 9 for 12 in 22 minutes off the bench. Thompson returned from injury to lead Golden State with 28 points, including six 3-pointers.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4
Siakam added 19 points for the Raptors. VanVleet needed seven stitches in the fourth quarter after the Warriors' Shaun Livingston inadvertently elbowed him in the face. The only other player to score over 10 points for Golden State, Curry had 27 points, but shot just 9 for 22 and missed 7 of his 9 three-point attempts. Looney returned to score 10 points after Kerr initially declared him out for the series following his Game 2 injury.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5
Curry scored 31 points and Thompson had 26 to help the Warriors stave off elimination with a 106–105 win at Toronto. They combined for three straight 3-pointers after the Raptors led by six points with 3+1⁄2 minutes left in the game. Durant returned after missing the previous nine games with his right calf injury, and scored 11 points in the first quarter. However, he was lost for the game two minutes into the second quarter when he tried to drive by Ibaka and suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, falling and grabbing his lower right calf. He limped off the court and was helped to the locker room. Leonard scored 10 straight points in the fourth quarter to erase Golden State's 14-point lead. Lowry's potential game-winning, 3-point shot at the buzzer fell short after it was partially blocked by Draymond Green.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5
Golden State made 20 three-pointers, the second most in NBA Finals history behind Cleveland's 24 against the Warriors in Game 4 in 2017. Cousins, who did not enter the game until Durant's injury, had 14 points and six rebounds for the Warriors, and Green added 10 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Leonard had 26 points for the Raptors, while Lowry added 18 and Gasol 17 to lead six Raptors in double figures. Golden State played most of the second half without Looney, who aggravated his cartilage fracture after colliding with Lowry while battling for a rebound.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5
Durant left the arena on crutches and in a walking boot. "I don't believe there's anybody to blame [for Durant's injury], but I understand in this world, and if you have to, you can blame me," said Bob Myers, the Warriors' president of basketball operations. Durant underwent surgery to repair the tendon and was at risk of missing all of the following season. Originally expected to become a free agent after the 2018–19 season, he had a $31.5 million option to remain with Golden State for another season, but it was ultimately his last appearance with the Warriors, after a sign-and-trade to the Nets the following month.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5
Nurse was criticized for calling a timeout with Toronto up 103–97 after going on a 12–2 run; the Splash Brothers' three 3-pointers came after the break. In its Last Two Minutes report, the NBA stated that Cousins should have been called for a shooting foul on Gasol with 49 seconds left in the game, which would have given Gasol two free throws with the Raptors trailing 106–103 at the time.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6
Leonard scored 22 points and had six rebounds and was named the NBA Finals MVP after Toronto won 114–110 over Golden State to claim its first championship in franchise history. Thompson scored a game-high 30 points for the Warriors, but was lost for the game with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter after landing awkwardly and suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee on a drive to the basket contested by Danny Green. The Warriors managed to remain in the game until a missed 3-pointer by Curry in the final seconds of the game. Trying to secure the ball after the miss, Golden State called a timeout, but they did not have any left, and were assessed a technical foul. It was academic, as time would have otherwise expired had they not attempted to stop the clock. Leonard was awarded free throws.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6
Lowry and Siakam led Toronto with 26 points each. Lowry scored 11 of his points in the first two-plus minutes of the contest. Van Vleet finished with 22 points, including 12 in the final period, and made five of the team's 13 three-pointers. Siakam added 10 rebounds. Curry had 21 points for Golden State, but he was hounded by the Raptors in the fourth quarter without Durant or Thompson available. Draymond Green had a triple-double with 11 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists, but committed eight turnovers. Iguodala had 22 points despite shooting only 1 of 5 on free throws.


2019 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 6
Leonard averaged 28.5 points per game in the series, and joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players to be named Finals MVP with two different teams. Toronto was the first Canadian team to win the NBA title and the first non-American team to win any of the Big Four North American sports titles since the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball won the World Series in October 1993. This was the Warriors' last game ever at Oracle Arena, as they moved to the new Chase Center across the bay in San Francisco at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. They finished 0–3 at home in the series.


2019 NBA Finals, Sponsorship
As part of a multiyear partnership that began in 2018, the internet television service YouTube TV was the presenting sponsor of the series, even in Canada despite its lack of legal availability there at the time, which was officially named the NBA Finals 2019 presented by YouTube TV.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage
In the United States, the Finals was televised by ABC in English and ESPN Deportes in Spanish. Play-by-play commentator Mike Breen, and analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson called the series on ABC, while Álvaro Martín (play-by-play) and Carlos Morales (analyst) were on ESPN Deportes.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage
In Canada, the Raptors' and the NBA's main local rightsholders, Sportsnet (which aired games 1, 3, and 5, and would have aired game 7) and TSN (games 2, 4, and 6) aired separate, local telecasts with the Raptors' commentary team of Matt Devlin on play-by-play, and Leo Rautins (Sportsnet) or Jack Armstrong (TSN) as analysts. TSN sister broadcast television network CTV 2 aired simulcasts of ABC's feed for games 2 and 4 in order to enforce simultaneous substitution rights on ABC stations carried on pay television, while game 6 was simulcast on CTV. Sportsnet's sister broadcast network Citytv similarly simulcast games 3 and 5. RDS broadcast all six games in French.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage
As the NBA's sole Canadian franchise, the Raptors' parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (which is, in turn, majority owned between a partnership of Sportsnet and TSN's respective owners, Rogers Communications and BCE Inc.) manages the league's national media rights in Canada. The series technically marked the first time that a team's regional broadcaster has produced its own coverage of games during the NBA Finals; these local broadcasts had access to ABC's camera feeds, along with additional cameras that were part of its own production resources.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage, Viewership
In Canada, Game 1 recorded an average of 3.3 million viewers on Sportsnet, making it the highest-rated NBA game in Canadian history. By contrast, with 10.77 million U.S. viewers, Game 1 was the second lowest-rated NBA Finals game in the U.S. after the 2020 NBA Finals.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage, Viewership
Analysts cited both the presence of a Canadian team (Canadian viewership does not count towards U.S. Nielsen ratings, leading to only one U.S. home market being reflected in viewership, being the San Francisco Bay Area market), and being the first NBA Finals not to feature a team with LeBron James since 2011, as factors in the drop. In the Warriors' home market, ratings were also lower in comparison to its past Game 1 appearances.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage, Viewership
The Canadian record would be surpassed by Game 2, with an average of 4.3 million across TSN, the French-language broadcast on RDS, and CTV2's simulcast of ABC's broadcast, and an estimate that the game was seen at any point by at least 10 million viewers. The game also had a 68 percent ratings share in the Toronto–Hamilton market. Game 3 was seen by 3.8 million viewers across Sportsnet and Citytv. The downward trend of U.S. viewership continued on Game 4, with a 9.8 share for the Friday-night game (a 12.5 percent year-over-year decline over Game 4 in 2018). TSN reported average viewership of 4.631 million, surpassing Canadian NBA viewership records for the third time in the series.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage, Viewership
U.S. Game 5 viewership was 37% higher over Game 4, at 18.22 million, while Sportsnet reported an average of 6.4 million viewers across Sportsnet and the Citytv simulcast of ABC coverage—surpassing the series finale of The Big Bang Theory (4.33 million), Super Bowl LIII (4.34 million), and the 91st Academy Awards (5.21 million) as the most-watched television broadcast of 2019 in Canada, and once again the most-watched NBA telecast in Canada. The NBA itself estimated 6.9 million viewers when accounting for the French-language feed on RDS and estimated viewership on out-of-market stations.


2019 NBA Finals, Media coverage, Viewership
Game 6 further exceeded these numbers with an average of 7.7 million. TSN publicized that a total of 15.9 million unique viewers watched some point of the telecast, and 9.99 million were watching during the final minute. TSN also reported that Game 6 had an 82 percent share of viewers in the Toronto–Hamilton market—which it stated to be the highest in the region for a sports broadcast outside of the Olympic Games, summer or winter. Game 6's ratings in the United States were slightly higher over Game 5, with 18.34 million.


2019 NBA Finals, Victory parade
On June 17, the Raptors held a victory parade in downtown Toronto, which began at the Princes' Gates at the east end of Exhibition Place, traveled east along Lake Shore Boulevard West, north along York Street and University Avenue, east along Queen Street West, and finished at Nathan Phillips Square next to Toronto City Hall. The parade was attended by an estimated crowd of two million fans, making this the largest public gathering in one place for one event in Canadian history, peacetime or wartime.


2019 NBA Finals, Victory parade
However, due to this overcrowding, the parade was delayed an additional three hours as numerous fans bypassed the barricades, blocking the parade route. In addition, excessive crowds delayed emergency services from attending to people in the crowd falling ill from heat exhaustion and dehydration, which resulted in the death of an infant. Later on, the parade was marred by shootings, which occurred during the victory speeches. The shootings wounded four people, though did not inflict life-threatening injuries, and caused a stampede. Three suspects were arrested and two guns were recovered.


2019 NBA G League draft
The 2019 NBA G League draft was the 19th draft of the National Basketball Association G League. The draft was held on October 26, 2019, just before the 2019–20 season. Anthony Lawrence II was selected with the first overall pick by the Northern Arizona Suns.


2019 NBA Summer League
The 2019 NBA Summer League was held at the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It began on July 5 and ended on July 15. All 30 teams and two national teams, China and Croatia, participated. Teams competed in a tournament-style schedule in four preliminary games before seeding in a tournament; each team played at least five games and some teams played seven. The event concluded with the 2019 NBA Summer League Championship game on July 15.


2019 NBA Summer League, California Classic
The California Classic is an official summer league of the NBA. Six games were played from July 1 to 3, 2019, at the Golden 1 Center.


2019 NBA Summer League, Utah Jazz Summer League
The Utah Jazz Summer League is an official summer league of the NBA. Six games were played from July 1 to 3, 2019, at the Vivint Smart Home Arena.


2019 NBA Summer League, Las Vegas NBA Summer League
The Las Vegas NBA Summer League is an official summer league of the NBA. 83 games will be played from July 5 to 15, 2019, across two venues, the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, both located in Paradise, Nevada (near Las Vegas). Both the Chinese and Croatian men's basketball teams participated in the 2019 Las Vegas Summer League.


2019 NBA draft
The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally on ESPN. State Farm was the presenting sponsor of the NBA draft for the eighth consecutive year.


2019 NBA draft
This draft was the first to feature a new weighted lottery system in which the three worst teams each had a 14 percent chance of winning the lottery; these teams were the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Phoenix Suns. The lottery took place on May 14, during the NBA playoffs. Three of the four teams who held the top four picks of the draft this year rose up from at least six spots in the lottery, including the New Orleans Pelicans, who won the first pick with 6 percent odds.


2019 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 2019 NBA draft, but have played at least one game in the NBA.


2019 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Pre-draft trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams below.


2019 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Draft-day trades
Draft-day trades were made on June 20, 2019, the day of the draft.


2019 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Post-draft trades
The following trades were reportedly agreed prior to and on the day of the draft and were completed at a later date. Due to salary cap reasons, most of these trades were officially announced on July 6, after the NBA moratorium period ended.


2019 NBA draft, Combine
The invitation-only NBA Draft Combine was held in Chicago from May 15 to 19. The on-court element of the combine took place on May 17 and 18. This year, 66 players were originally invited to the combine, including top prospects Zion Williamson and Ja Morant. The pool of participants also included Croatian Luka Šamanić, postgraduate Jalen Lecque, and Darius Bazley, who took a route similar to Mitchell Robinson with not playing in college or another league for a year before entering the draft.


2019 NBA draft, Combine
A couple of prospects also returned to the event after entering the previous year's combine, include an injury recovering Jontay Porter and Brian Bowen, a player who entered last year as a collegiate participant last year before heading off to play professionally in Australia this year. In addition, this year also introduced the NBA G League Elite Camp, which gave a certain number of draft hopefuls a chance to transfer into the NBA Draft Combine afterward. This year, eleven participants from that event joined the combine, increasing the number of total invites up to 77. One of the additional invites was Tacko Fall, who broke combine records for height (reaching 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) with shoes on), wingspan, and standing reach.


2019 NBA draft, Draft lottery
The NBA draft lottery took place during the Playoffs on May 14, 2019. This was the first year in which the new NBA draft lottery system is applied, where the draft lottery was expanded to the top four picks (rather than the top three); and where the three teams with the worst records had equal odds. Teams with better records had an increased chance for a top-four pick when compared to the previous system, which was what happened for the New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Los Angeles Lakers this year.